Immigration
Sep. 29, 2008
Report Shows Asylum Decisions Vary Wildly
A long-awaited government report released this month found substantial disparities exist in the rate at which immigration judges grant asylum.
By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A long-awaited government report released this month found substantial disparities exist in the rate at which immigration judges grant asylum.
The report, released last week by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, concluded the "likelihood of being granted asylum varied considerably across immigration courts and judges."
Among the factors that affected an immigrant's case were a judge's gender ...
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